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I was unsure about going, until a friend hooked up a comp and then it was all systems go. Now my legs feel like they went through a grinder.
Got there and heard about 45 minutes of Acosta. He was playing good stuff and had everyone going off. My only complaint, when your set is only an hour or so why not leave the vocalist at home and play two more tracks instead of having her perform 2 commercial songs?
Then came Second Sun which started techy and built up nicely. I was pleasantly surprised by them and some of their productions, and they set up Tiesto nicely.
As for Tiesto, he brough his A+++++ game.  He started off with a nasty techy beat for about 10 minutes or so, dropped Dance 4 Life, and then all hell broke loose. Place went nutz. He did play a couple of classics, with Flight 643 (nasty remix) and Lethal Industry (remix) coming to mind. He also played some lighter stuff, but it flowed perfectly IMO, and overall his set had a hell of alot of energy and had that place going insane.  Most packed and energized stage of the night - hands down. Hate all you want, he is the best show you are going to get from an EDM DJ, period.
Christopher Lawrence, I only heard 3 songs. It was bad enough that everyone was already leaving to go to Daft Punk, but he made it worse by bringing down the energy level from a 10 to a 3. A Chinese fire drill ensued. 
Daft Punk. They were as advertised, amazing production and lights.  Music was okay, a little slow at times. But a very good trippy show none-the-less. Perfect booking.
I caught some of Filo & Peri. They first played that Pink Floyd knockoff everyone likes, I think it is called Bad Education. Next couple of songs built on that energy and style. Better than I thought, especially after Lawrebce had cleared the stage. Still was kind of light on crowd, but better.
Now it was time to enter the time machine and go see some of Duran Duran. Wow they had a lot of people there. Maybe more than Tiesto, just more spread out if so. They were okay. A lot of women there for them though, a definite plus. 
Then I closed it out with 4 Strings. Wow he went off. I really liked the harder trance he was playing when I got there. He then dropped more straight trance including a "Take me Away" remix that everyone ate up. I wonder if they even knew that was his production??? He brought that stage completely back to life and made people dance their assess off despite the exhaustion.
All in all I give Bang a good rating. Tiesto was priceless, Daft Punk was a must, and everything else I saw was at least okay if not good. The price was a definite issue, and for the first time I found myself ready to say screw it and miss a festival I actually wanted to go to because of it.
BTW the line @ Space already was into the street @ 12:15 when I picked up my car. Good luck there guys and gals.
Time to lay down and pass out.
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